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*I57. Dehaasia lancifolia, Ridl. A common shrub or 

 tree in the open woods and stream-banks of the Padang. 

 Endemic. 



158. AcTiNODAPHNE PKUINOSA, Necs. This plant differs 

 from A. pruinosa of the Penang hills in having the leaves 

 rounded at the base. 



A shrub on the Padang. 



Distribution. Singapore, Penang, and Perak. 



159. ACTINODAPHNE sp. A tree with grey bark ; leaves 

 shining above, glaucous beneath and glabrous, with seven 

 pairs of nerves strongly elevate and red beneath, margin 

 strongly thickened, transverse nerves horizontal, 11 inches 

 long, 6 inches wide; peiiole i inch; cluster of fruit half an 

 inch across; peduncle thick, J inch long, red, hairy. Drupe 

 subglobose, J inch long. 



Dense woods on the Teku River (No. 16,125), 



160. LiNDEKA STRICTA, n. Sp. 



A shrub with dark purplish bark. Leaves coriaceous, 

 shining above, glaucescent beneath, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 acute, base rounded, 3-4 inches long, i inch wide, lo-nerved, 

 nerves fine, reticulations conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole 

 thick, ^ inch long, young leaves pubescent. Male flowers on 

 axillary peduncles, f inch long. Bud globose. Outer bracts 

 orbicular, imbricate, coriaceous, 4, margins ciliate, inner ones 

 thinner. Flowers in a head ; pedicels silky, thick, -^ inch long. 

 Perianth-lobes 6 as long, oblong, linear, obtuse, silky. 

 Stamens g; filaments short, narrowed upwards. Anthers 

 truncate, oblong, opening introrsely by valves, dehiscing below. 

 Staminodes 6, adnate, in pairs to 3 of the stamens, shorter, 

 apex yellow as of an abortive anther. Rudimentary pistil 

 cylindric, short, obtuse. Female flowers too young. Fruit 

 globose, ^ inch through-, black. Peduncle ^ inch, somewhat 

 thickened, dilated above into a short cup. 



Gunong Tahan. Common on the Padang. An elegant 

 bush with very erect leaves. 



161. LiNDERA MONTANA, n. Sp. 



Shrub. Leaves lanceolate-obtuse, shortly narrowed at 

 base, coriaceous above, finely reticulate beneath, reticulations 

 obscure, glaucous, ^-^-^ inches long, i-ij inch wide; nerves 

 fine, 4 pairs ; petiole | inch long, rather thick. Capitula 

 globular, |- inch long, in pairs on extra axillary peduncles, J 

 inch long, on pedicels as long. Bracts 4, orbicular boat-shaped, 

 ciliate at the edges. Flowers 5, on stout pedicels. Perianth- 

 lobes short-oblong, quadrate, truncate, dotted. Stamens 7, 

 fertile, as long; filament short, slender; anther wide-oblong, 

 2-celled ; connective prolonged, rounded. Staminodes several, 

 irregular. Fruit 2 or 3 together, pedicelled on a short 

 peduncle. Pedicels stout, J inch long, pubescent. Perianth 

 cup-shaped, | inch long and as wide, shallow, entire, margins 

 pubescent. Drupe oblong-ovoid, f inch long, black, 



